Piece
See MH 82/12
Catalogue reference: MH 82/49
Date: 1954 Sept 16-1956 Nov 15
See MH 82/12
Item
Folios 579-580. Letter from George Spencer, Clerk to the Guardians of the Keighley...
Catalogue reference: MH 12/15161/406
What’s it about?
This record is about the Folios 579-580. Letter from George Spencer, Clerk to the Guardians of the Keighley... dating from 14 Feb 1855 in the series Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 12/15161/406
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 14 Feb 1855
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Content
- Folios 579-580. Letter from George Spencer, Clerk to the Guardians of the Keighley Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Board, informing them that at the meeting on Wednesday attended by H B Farnall [Poor Law Inspector] it was resolved to provide employment for the able-bodied poor by tendering for the contract to break up an allotment of about 32 acres of moorland. This will provide work in a convenient place for the paupers. If approved by the Poor Law Board a committee of guardians will tender for the work on Friday 16 February 1855. Enclosed is a statement from Farnall in support of the proposal to tender for a contract to break up a 32 acre allotment of moorland. The work to be carried out by the able-bodied poor of the Keighley Union. He writes that there is usually a policy of non-interference in the normal labour market but this area would be a small proportion of the land to be broken up and there are no independent labourers to do the work. It would be carried out by contractors using navvies. The number of paupers in the Keighley Union has reached about 10% of the population due in part to closure of some mills. The extra relief required is £7,000 per year. There are more than 500 able-bodied men receiving relief in the Keighley Union. Paper Number: 5393/1855. Poor Law Union Number 571. Counties: Yorkshire West Riding.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10593955/
Series information
MH 12
Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and...
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
379,532 records
Within the department: MH
Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Health and successors, Local Government...
90,136 records
Within the series: MH 12
Local Government Board and predecessors: Correspondence with Poor Law Unions and...
570 records
Within the piece: MH 12/15161
Keighley 571. (Described at item level).
You are currently looking at the item: MH 12/15161/406
Folios 579-580. Letter from George Spencer, Clerk to the Guardians of the Keighley...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.